Fun Is Beautiful

Fun Is Beautiful

1980•1h 37m•7.1/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(410)

Three characters' misadventures in semi-deserted, summertime Rome: a dim-witted mama's boy falls for a tourist; a would-be womanizer struggles to find company for his sex tourism trip to Kraków; a hippie is drawn into his father's schemes to bring him back into polite society.

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Production

Medusa Distribuzione

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Carlo Verdone

Carlo Verdone

Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Professore / Anselmo

Verónica Miriel

Verónica Miriel

Marisol

Mario Brega

Mario Brega

Mario Brega

Renato Scarpa

Renato Scarpa

Sergio

Fausto Di Bella

Fausto Di Bella

Antioco

Isabella De Bernardi

Isabella De Bernardi

Fiorenza

Sandro Ghiani

Sandro Ghiani

Cristiano

Maria Mizar

Maria Mizar

Automobilista col cane

Luciano Bonanni

Luciano Bonanni

Barelliere

Filippo Ciro

'Dottorino'

Filippo Trincia

Uomo alla finestra

Pietro Zardini

Pietro Zardini

'Pirata'

Bruno Rosa

Bigliettaio zoo

Alba Maiolini

Alba Maiolini

Passante che suggerisce di pulire l'olio (uncredited)

Ada Passeri

Ada Passeri

Venditrice noccioline (uncredited)

Ettore Martini

Ettore Martini

Automobilista aria condizionata (uncredited)

Franco Venditti

Franco Venditti

Automobilista esasperato (uncredited)

Romano Vilella

Automobilista al quale Fiorenza sta chiedendo il resto (uncredited)

Alfredo Ciarpelloni

Alfredo Ciarpelloni

Portantino (uncredited)

Peter Adabire

Peter Adabire

Receptionist ostello (uncredited)

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